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by Alice Philipson Agence France-Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) – Li Na said she’s sorry Chinese tennis has not moved on more since her retirement, as the country’s fruitless search for a new champion continues. Li’s two Grand Slam titles set the bar extremely high for her fellow Chinese, who have labored in vain to match her trail-blazing achievements. The contrast was laid bare at last week’s Wuhan Open, where Li received a rock-star welcome during a brief […]
by Marianne Barriaux with Daniel Silva in Madrid Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont said the region won the right to break away from Spain, with his government claiming on Monday that 90 percent of voters backed independence in a banned referendum marred by clashes. However Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy declared the Sunday plebiscite had been blocked, saying “today there has not been a self-determination referendum in Catalonia,” a region […]
by Leila Macor Agence France-Presse AIBONITO, Puerto Rico (AFP) – Hurricane Maria’s devastation in Puerto Rico looks likely to trigger a major wave of migration to Florida, which could push the politically important US state to the Democratic side, analysts said Sunday. That’s how it looks for Franchesca Rivera, a 32-year-old schoolteacher who teaches in Aibonito, a town in the center of Puerto Rico that has been destroyed by the hurricane. “If I do not […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Confidence among Japan’s biggest manufacturers has jumped to its highest level in a decade, a key central survey showed Monday, as the world’s number three economy picks up the pace. The Bank of Japan’s Tankan report — a closely watched quarterly survey of more than 10,000 companies — showed a reading of 22 among major manufacturers in its latest report, the highest since its September 2007 reading when the headline figure […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Parisians were encouraged to roller-blade, bike or stroll through the City of Light on Sunday for a “car-free” day intended to leave the streets vacant for slower, clean forms of transport. Sunday marks the third time the French capital has experimented with a car ban, but it is by far the most ambitious with the zone set aside for pedestrians or cyclists covering the entire historic heart of the city — […]
AMBAE, Vanuatu (Reuters) — Residents evacuated Vanuatu’s island of Ambae on Sunday (October 1) as volcano Manaro Voui spewed smoke, triggering concerns of an eruption. People were taken from the island to nearby Espiritu Santo island on an Air Vanuatu flight. More than 6000 people have already been moved to emergency shelters on the South Pacific island. Vanuatu, a sprawling cluster of more than 80 islands and 260,000 people, is on the geologically active Pacific […]
by M Jegathesan Agence France-Presse SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP) – Two women go on trial Monday accused of murdering the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, in an audacious assassination in Malaysia that stunned the world and sparked a diplomatic crisis. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong arrived at the heavily guarded court outside the capital Kuala Lumpur for the proceedings, handcuffed and wearing bulletproof vests. The defendants were arrested just days after the killing of […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Monday filed criminal charges against Senator Risa Hontiveros for supposed violation of the Anti-Wiretapping Law. Aguirre personally filed the charges that stem from Hontiveros’ public display of what the justice secretary said were his private messages with a certain Jing during a Senate hearing on the death of Kian Loyd delos Santos. In the messages, Hontiveros said Aguirre urged former Rep. Jacinto Paras to file cases against […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) – Canadian police arrested a man early Sunday suspected of stabbing an officer and deliberately ramming pedestrians during a high-speed chase in a rented truck, injuring four in what authorities were calling an “act of terrorism.” The crime spree began Saturday evening outside a football stadium in the western city of Edmonton and ended hours later when the suspect’s U-Haul rental truck flipped onto its side with police in hot pursuit. The suspect, described as […]
by Marianne Barriaux and Anna Cuenca Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain – It was still pitch black when would-be voters lined up in Barcelona early Sunday, braving rain as they hoped to cast ballots in referendum, banned by Spain’s government, on independence for Catalonia. As dawn broke, though, those hopes diminished as news spread that riot police were on the way. And then they arrived. At one polling station, armed, helmeted police broke in to seize ballot boxes prepared […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed concern and outrage Sunday over a “terrorist attack” in which five people were injured by a driver who ran over police and pedestrians in a violent rampage. “While the investigation continues, early reports indicate that this is another example of the hate that we must remain ever vigilant against,” he said in a statement.
by Francois Becker with Adam Plowright in Paris Agence France Presse MARSEILLE, France — A suspected Islamist knifeman killed two women at the main train station in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille on Sunday before being shot dead by soldiers patrolling there, local officials and police said. One of the victims was fatally stabbed while the other had her throat slit by the assailant who is believed to have shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is […]
